I was just reading another post from a knitter in Australia whose pattern referred to the left "pin." And it made me think of the fact that all around the world, english-speaking people use different english words to refer to different objects. It also reminds me of that when I watch my daughter's favourite TV channels, because a lot of them are made by people in England, Australia, etc.

I live on the far eastern side of Canada, which means the ancestry here is primarily European (United Kingdom). Because of this, Newfoundlanders often use terms from that area that other Canadians aren't always familiar with. Some examples:

- the "bonnet" of a car (the hood)
- "beanie" (toque)

There are tons more, but of course I can't think of them now, perhaps others have some.

It's also the reason sometimes I will write "color," and sometimes "colour." Although the accepted spelling, all across Canada is "colour."

Crycket

04-26-2009, 11:54 AM

I am a huge Harry Potter fan...and I absoletly love some of the terms they use...

I love "ruddy" and "brilliant" etc...

I also recently took to listening to the Chronicals of Narnia BBC production again...and it is all there too...LOVE IT...

"Everything that is sold in a shambles keep eating, making no inquiry on account of YOUR conscience..."

Do you know where we were?

The MEAT MARKET!

:teehee: Now that's goin' back a few years!

Newer translations have updated 'shambles' to read 'meat market'!

OffJumpsJack

04-27-2009, 03:10 PM

Well, from Harry Potter discussions, I've learned that

Pants (UK) are underwear/briefs/panties (US) (Peeves was making students burn their "pants" before letting them pass him)

Pudding (UK) dessert (US)

Spotted D-i-c-k (UK) is a dessert and not a curse or swearing.

Biscuit (UK) is a cookie (US)

Pancakes are not the same thing among (UK US and France)

Knocked up (UK) is a wake-up call (US)

Rubber (UK) is eraser (US)

struggleknit

04-27-2009, 06:06 PM

Well, from Harry Potter discussions, I've learned that

Pants (UK) are underwear/briefs/panties (US) (Peeves was making students burn their "pants" before letting them pass him)

"Pants" is also used to describe something that is not good in the UK. For example "I went to the concert and it was pants"

ladyamesindy

04-27-2009, 06:33 PM

All this talk takes me back to when I was in college studying in Paris, France. I met my best friend there (a Brit) who used to tease me about my "American slang" - meaning my everyday language! We used to tease each other quite a bit - she kept calling my sweaters "jumpers", and I kept calling her "dresses" jumpers!

Anyway, I don't know whatever happened to it, but for Christmas I ended up with and English-American dictionary! We had a lot of laughs over that one!!!